A big Theme in Detroit revolves around FOOD, Good Food, Food Security. Malik Yakini Executive Director Detroit Black Food Security Network Detroit, Michigan
Malik Kenyatta Yakini is a founder and the executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and a member and former chair of the Detroit Food Policy Council. He views the “good food revolution” as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice, and equality. He has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces black farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Africa. He is currently an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Food and Community Fellow, and a 2012 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award winner.
By Wayne and Myrtle Curtis Creating healthy, productive, life affirming communities begins with a collective of people who are giving their work and time to make a difference. We understand that we have to create for ourselves the conditions that are best for us, and that by educating our minds and hearts we can take control of what goes into our bodies and what comes out of our pockets and purses. We started growing our own produce to put us back in harmony with the earth and to nourish our bodies and our souls. It keeps us physically active and frees our minds from the stresses around us. “Grow a garden, grow a community,” is our tag line and that is exactly what is happening on Manistique.
FOOD MOVEMENT
A big Theme in Detroit revolves around FOOD, Good Food, Food Security.
Malik Yakini
Executive Director
Detroit Black Food Security Network
Detroit, Michigan
Malik Kenyatta Yakini is a founder and the executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and a member and former chair of the Detroit Food Policy Council. He views the “good food revolution” as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice, and equality. He has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces black farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Africa. He is currently an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Food and Community Fellow, and a 2012 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award winner.
More Info: http://bealocalist.org/malik-yakini
Freedom Freedom Growers
http://feedomfreedom.wordpress.com/about/By Wayne and Myrtle Curtis
Creating healthy, productive, life affirming communities begins with a collective of people who are giving their work and time to make a difference. We understand that we have to create for ourselves the conditions that are best for us, and that by educating our minds and hearts we can take control of what goes into our bodies and what comes out of our pockets and purses. We started growing our own produce to put us back in harmony with the earth and to nourish our bodies and our souls. It keeps us physically active and frees our minds from the stresses around us. “Grow a garden, grow a community,” is our tag line and that is exactly what is happening on Manistique.